Collection of Tomcat WebVoyage customizations
- Product: Voyager
- Relevant for Installation Type: Multi-Tenant Direct, Dedicated-Direct, Local, TotalCare
Question
Where can I find instructions for customizing Tomcat WebVoyage?
Answer
Tomcat WebVoyage can be customized in a variety of ways that range from relatively simple color and logo changes to more complex and dynamic customizations to the interface using XML/XSL/CSS etc.
Pro Tip: You can see how other sites have customized their Tomcat WebVoyage interfaces by searching vwebv/searchBasic with your favorite search engine.
Step-by-step instructions for several dozen common customizations can be found in the WebVoyage Architecture and Configuration Models document.
A few other customizations are described in the following Articles listed below.
Additional customizations can be found in the Knowledge Center's Knowledge Articles and Community Knowledge sections. Use search terms like "WebVoyage", "Tomcat", "OPAC", and the specific customization you want to make (for example, "Action Box" or "Search Tab").
The best help for customization of WebVoyage can be found via the "Voy-L" customer listserv.
Support has very limited ability to assist with WebVoyager customization. Please use the Customer Listserv (Voy-L) to seek customization help.
FAQs
What WebVoyage customizations are supported?
What browsers are supported in WebVoyage?
How to update WebVoyage customizations and test new features before upgrade?
Search pages
Create a new search tab that opens a different WebVoyage skin
How do I move the top row of tabs in Basic Search Page?
What file(s) do you edit to change which tabs display on the search screens?
How to use command searching in WebVoyage
How to remove First Name box in Author tab in WebVoyage interface (Tomcat)
Change "Search resulted in no hits" message in Voyager WebVoyage
Limits
Basic Search Limits / Post-Search Filters in WebVoyage
WebVoyage: How To Set The Initial Persistent Limit
How to add more quick limit options
How to remove the Quick Limits from the Basic Search page
WebVoyage: how to suppress limit on Advanced search tab?
How to set up 'negative' or 'exclusion' limit?
What is syntax for the “.limit” variable for quick limits in webvoyage.properties?
Results pages
How to hide the title count and heading type information on the subject heading results page
How do I add icons to Search Results?
How do I enable email for records in Webvoyage?
Change print footer in Tomcat Webvoyage
Change email footer in Tomcat Webvoyage
Remove option from the "Actions Bar" in the WebVoyage Titles List
Record display
How to remove SFX link from Action Box
How do I allow notes to display in the OPAC?
How do I change labels in my OPAC record display?
How to alter bibliographic or holdings information displayed in record display
Acceptable codes for MARC indictor fields in Voyager displaycfg and displayHoldings XML files
How do I enable email for records in Webvoyage?
How to change space around record display
How to change width of Holdings Information box
How to display Related Records in WebVoyage?
How to make 856 links open in new window
Remove Jump Bar Back to Library List link from Record Display
How to suppress "Database: Local Database" in record display?
My Account
How do I display "In transit" status for filled call slip in patron account?
How to change text on the patron login page in the OPAC?
How to set the 'Login' button in WebVoyage to direct users to the 'My Account' page.
Change library name that displays in My Account Charged Items?
Change which patron identifiers are used to log in to WebVoyage
Color, logo and branding
How to change the logo image in Tomcat WebVoyage
How to change the text & target of “Your Library Name Here” link in the footer?
Other
Remove WebVoyage session timeout pop-up?
Change WebVoyage session timeout period
Setting the default skin in WebVoyage
How to change skins on the fly
- Article last edited: 15-Oct-2020